The Cricket Thread

[jd1981]

You could give them five tour games and they aren't getting near us if they're batting Jason Holder at 6.

The best you could realistically do is revert to what we had at points in the 1990s/2000s and have a white ball series beforehand and you might get some overlap of players.

Just want games going at least into day 4 with some jeopardy. It’s at a point I’m willing one of the WI batsman to get a ton and show some fight.

 

[Stan Hullis]

Just caught up with yesterday’s highlights.

Very impressed by Smith with the bat, played some lovely shots.

 

[Stan Hullis]

This isn't going to last long.

What a delivery by Jimmy.

 

[Nando]

That's an absolutely ridiculous delivery. Christ.

Why are we forcing him into retirement? FFS.

 

[Stan Hullis]

Drops a caught and bowled to finish the game and his career

 

[BillyDee]

That's an absolutely ridiculous delivery. Christ.

Why are we forcing him into retirement? FFS.

It's insane. Should have allowed him to at least continue long enough to overtake Warne as the leading test bowler.

 

[Squeak]

So there we have it... the end of a great career before its time.

I'm still bewildered by the decision to pension him off when he looks in great nick. How much could England's bowlers learn from him on the field over the next few months? I'd say, a lot. Still, it's done. The Greatest Fast Bowler England has ever seen.

Thank you Jimmy Anderson.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Emotional stuff. I don't think it's the right call, he could have dipped in and out of the team all summer as required and we don't have a massive long queue of bowlers waiting (not with the injuries to Cook, Tongue, Mahmood etc and Archer not in consideration).

But overall it's a feeling of gratitude that I got to see that career in full, right from day one.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

Emotional stuff. I don't think it's the right call, he could have dipped in and out of the team all summer as required and we don't have a massive long queue of bowlers waiting (not with the injuries to Cook, Tongue, Mahmood etc and Archer not in consideration).

But overall it's a feeling of gratitude that I got to see that career in full, right from day one.

Pretty much this and unless he was blocking someone's progress or wasn't still the best pick available, he should be playing.

All that said, what a great career.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It's insane. Should have allowed him to at least continue long enough to overtake Warne as the leading test bowler.

Muttiah Muralithiran says hi

 

[Tony Towner]

Muttiah Muralithiran says hi

He said bowler, not chucker

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Oh sorry. My mistake. Doesnt matter what you think the test record is his not Warne's

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Jimmy by calendar year:

2003: 26 wickets @ 34.84
2004: 7 wickets @ 31.28
2005: 2 wickets @ 74.50
2006: 8 wickets @ 47.75
2007: 19 wickets @ 40.78
2008: 46 wickets @ 29.84
2009: 40 wickets @ 33.87
2010: 57 wickets @ 22.96
2011: 35 wickets @ 24.85
2012: 48 wickets @ 29.50
2013: 52 wickets @ 31.82
2014: 40 wickets @ 22.15
2015: 46 wickets @ 22.65
2016: 41 wickets @ 23.73
2017: 55 wickets @ 17.58
2018: 43 wickets @ 22.51
2019: 12 wickets @ 30.16
2020: 23 wickets @ 20.47
2021: 39 wickets @ 21.74
2022: 36 wickets @ 19.50
2023: 15 wickets @ 39.66
2024: 14 wickets @ 28.07

By venue:

England: 438 wickets @ 24.41
Australia: 68 wickets @ 34.01
India: 44 wickets @ 30.27
New Zealand: 36 wickets @ 28.36
Pakistan: 8 wickets @ 18.50
South Africa: 34 wickets @ 34.61
Sri Lanka: 18 wickets @ 33.27
UAE: 22 wickets @ 20.54
West Indies: 36 wickets @ 24.50

 

[Tony Towner]

Not in the eyes of many. In a similar way to Florence Griffith Joyner officially still having the 100m women's world record. I mean it's in the books, but was achieved by cheating

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I disagree but I’m not arguing with you.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Expecting a knock on your door from the OB @Trips ?

James Vince interview: Repeated attacks on my home forced me and my family out

Exclusive: A case of mistaken identity has led to the life of the former England batsman being turned upside down

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Kenny]

@Paddingtonwolf furiously searching the Aussie TV listings to find the channel showing this so he can defiantly turn on and be even angrier about it

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Wood in for Jimmy, which makes you wonder what the point of calling Pennington up was.

 

[Trips]

Expecting a knock on your door from the OB @Trips ?

James Vince interview: Repeated attacks on my home forced me and my family out

Exclusive: A case of mistaken identity has led to the life of the former England batsman being turned upside down

www.telegraph.co.uk

It wasn't mistaken identity

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Incidentally this is the first home Test XI without at least one of Anderson or Broad since 2012:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...vs-west-indies-3rd-test-534207/full-scorecard

And the previous one before that was in 2007:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...vs-west-indies-4th-test-258462/full-scorecard

(Both against West Indies oddly. For a different opponent it's Pakistan in 2006)